5 Letter Words With Q

There are 163 five-letter words containing Q. 143 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 11 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is qajaq at 30 points.

The words

All 163 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 11

Word-game words 132

Archaic and rare 20

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total
163
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
143 (88%)
Everyday words
11
Archaic or rare
20
Highest Scrabble score
qajaq at 30
Average Scrabble score
15.9
Letters that turn up most
Q 100%, U 87%, A 45%, I 42%, E 33%, S 31%

Questions

How many 5 letter words contain Q?
163, across every dictionary this site merges. 11 of those are everyday English, 132 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 20 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
75 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 20 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 5 letter word that contain Q?
qajaq, worth 30 in Scrabble and 32 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?
By frequency in ordinary English: quote, quick, quite, equal, queen, query, quiet, quest. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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